Research focus: Innovation ecosystems, determinants of (eco)innovation, business model innovation, sustainable development and circular economy, effects of cooperation at the firm-university-government level on regional development.
Internal researchers - academics:
- Prof. Jan Stejskal
- Assoc. Prof. Michaela Kotková Stříteská
- Dr. David Zapletal
- Dr. Solomon Gyamfi
Internal researchers – PhD students and post-docs:
- Dr. Fazal Ur Rehman
- Yee Yee Sein, M.Sc.
- Denys Dmytrenko, M.Sc.
- Raymond Kwame Adane Darfo-Oduro, M.Sc.
- Emmanuel Ebo Arthur, M.Sc.
External collaborators:
- Prof. Jens Horbach (Faculty of Business, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany)
- Prof. Wolfgang Gerstlberger (School of Business and Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia)
- Assoc. Prof. Jana Hojnik (Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia)
- Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Karman (Faculty of Economics, Maria Sklodowska Curie University, Lublin, Poland)
- prof. Blandine Laperche (Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale (ULCO), Centre for Research on Innovation and Industrial Strategies (ISI), Dunkirk, France)
- Assoc. Prof. Carlo Giglio (Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
- Prof. Nebojša Stojčić (Department of Economics and Business, University of Dubrovnik, Croatia)
- Prof. Cali Nuur (Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK), The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
Research outputs:
- Karman, A., Prokop, V., Giglio, C., & Rehman, F. U. (2023). Has the Covid-19 pandemic jeopardized firms' environmental behavior? Bridging green initiatives and firm value through the triple bottom line approach. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 1–21.
- Prokop, V., Gerstlberger, W., Zapletal, D., & Gyamfi, S. (2023). Do we need human capital heterogeneity for energy efficiency and innovativeness? Insights from European catching-up territories. Energy Policy, 177, 113565.
- Prokop, V., & Hajek, P. (2023). The role of top management meetings in enhancing product innovation and performance. R&D Management, 1-19.
- Prokop, V., Stejskal, J., Horbach, J., & Gerstlberger, W. (Eds.). (2022). Business Models for the Circular Economy: A European Perspective. Springer Nature.
- Prokop, V., Stejskal, J., & Nuur, C. (2022). Do Environmental Regulations Stimulate Firms’ R&D, Product Innovation, or Environmental Awareness? Putting Porter’s Hypothesis in the Context of Central and Eastern European Countries. In Business Models for the Circular Economy (pp. 241-269). Springer, Cham.
- Prokop, V., Hojnik, J., Zapletal, D., & Žižmond, E. (2022). On the path to sustainable development: The nexus among owner gender diversity, energy management, and firms' innovation radicalness. Business Strategy and the Environment, 1-17.
- Horbach, J., Prokop, V., & Stejskal, J. (2022). Determinants of firms' greenness towards sustainable development: A multi‐country analysis. Business Strategy and the Environment, 1-14.
- Prokop, V., Gerstlberger, W., Zapletal, D., & Striteska, M. K. (2022). The double-edged role of firm environmental behaviour in the creation of product innovation in Central and Eastern European countries. Journal of Cleaner Production, 331, 129989.
- Hojnik, J., Prokop, V., & Stejskal, J. (2022). R&D as bridge to sustainable development? Case of Czech Republic and Slovenia. Corporate social responsibility and environmental management, 29(1), 146-160.
- Prokop, V., Hajek, P., & Stejskal, J. (2021). Configuration Paths to Efficient National Innovation Ecosystems. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 168, 120787.
Projects:
- Analysis of the elements of sustainable and resilient regional innovation systems.
- Application of the Triple-Bottom-Line approach as a tool for creating sustainable innovation ecosystems.
- Intergovernmental Coordination from Local to European Governance (IGCOORD).
- Knowledge Management Responses of Public Authorities to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Central European Experience.
- A comprehensive analysis of the economic and social aspects of the sustainable innovation ecosystems´ functioning with regard to the role of the public sector.
- Towards a dynamic knowledge-based business model for open innovations.
- Advanced analysis of economic and social aspects of public policies and their dynamics in the context of efficiency and sustainability.
- Economic Aspects´ Dynamic of Public Policies in Efficiency and Sustainability Context.
- Support for restructuring FEA bachelor and master study programmes - Study programme Economic Policy and Public Administration.
- Advanced Support of Smart Cities and Regions Development.
- Modelling dynamics and determinants of national and regional productivity based on knowledge and cooperative effects.
- Support of Development of Smart Cities and Regions.
- Economic and social development in private and public sector.
- Modelling of knowledge spill-over effects in the context of regional and local development.
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